Saw-cabinet.



' 0. s. BARGER.

SAW CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8, 1908.

906,368 Patented Dec.8,1908.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFF oE.

CHARLES S. BARGER, OF ALBIA, IOWA.

SAW-CABINE T.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. BARGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Albi'a, in the county of Monroe and State of Iowa, haveinvented a certain new and useful Saw-Cabinet, of which the following isa specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a saw cabinet of simple,durable and inexpensive construction, designed to contain acomparatively large number of saws within a small spacefor purposes ofdisplaying saws, and especially designed for use in retail stores, saidcabinet being also so arranged that a number of saws may be displayed oneach side of the cabinet and anyone of the saws in the entire cabinetmay be readily, quickly and easily removed from and replaced in thecabinet, and further to provide a cabinet of this kind in which all ofthe saw teeth are so arranged within the cabinet that the operator willnot be likely to touch the teeth when removing or replacing saws.

My invention consists in certain details in the construction,arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, wherebythe objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully Setforth, pointed out in my claim and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a cabinetembodying my invention. Fig. 2 Shows a central, horizontal, sectionalview of same, and Fig. 3 shows a detail side view partly in section toillustrate the arrange ment of the rotatable cabinet upon the stationarybase. 7

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I have used the referencenumeral 10 to indicate a stationary circular base. At the centralportion of the base is a socket 11 containing an upright pivot pin 12.The cabinet proper comprises a base 13, a top 14:, two stationary sides15, each being provided with a glass panel, and two hinged sides 16,each also being provided with a glass panel, the hinged sidesbeingconnected to the sta tionary sides. The cabinet is further bracedand supported by means of a central upright partition 17, extending fromthe top to the bottom, and another central upri ht partition 18 at rightangles to the partition 17, and also extended from the top to thebottom. These partitions stand spaced apart from the sides of thecabinet and they serve the double function of supporting saws, as

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 8, 1908.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

Serial No. 437,314.

will hereinafter appear, and also of supporting and bracing the cabinet.On each of the sides of the cabinet next the bottom of the glass panelis a trough 19, and near the upper end of the glass panel is a crosspiece 20 Spaced apart from the glass. Saws may be inserted therein fordisplay purposes by having the saw handles resting in the troughs 19 andthe saw blades projected between the cross piece 20 and the glass panel.Obviously, a number of saws thus placed will be attractively andthoroughly displayed through the glass panels, and when the glass panelsin all of thefour sides are thus provided with saws, the entire cabinetforms an attractive display of saws, and one in which several differentkinds or sizes of saws may be shown.

In each Side of the upright partition 18 I have formed two slots 21arranged vertically, and adjacent to said slots are two brackets 22, oneon each side of the partition 18. Each bracket is provided with a numberof slots 23 extending from its outer end to a point near its inner end.This pair of brackets is connected with the upright partition 18 bymeans of bolts 24 which are extended through the brackets and throughsaid slots. In this Way Said brackets may be ointly adjusted verticallythroughout the length of the slots 21. Another similar pair of bracketsis adjustably mounted in a similar manner above the ones just described,and on the opposite side of the partition 18 is a similar arrangementofbrackets; that is to say, there are eight brackets all together,arranged in pairs, each pair being independently adjustable. Thebrackets are so arranged within the cabinets that the slots 23 on all ofthe brackets open toward the hinged doors 16. In the central portion ofthe cabinet is an opening designed to receive a pivot pin 12, andsecured to the bottom of the cabinet is a series of casters 25 restingupon the base 10, so that the cabinet may be rotatably supported uponthe base.

In practical use it is obvious that the cabinet is of simple, durableand inexpensive construction, and that a number of saws may be placedtherein. The slots 23 may be placed quite close together, and a seriesof saws may be placed therein with the saw handles resting upon the baseof the cabinet, and a second series of saws may be placed therein withthe saw handles resting upon the upper brackets. All of the saw teeth ofthese saws within the entire cabinet may be easily and quickly removedor replaced by an operator standing in any position with relation to thecabinet by first turning the cabinet around until the proper door isaccessible to him, and then opening the door and grasping saw. By havingthe shelves made adjustable, it is obvious that saws of differentlengths may be placed in the cabinet, and the bracket may be adjusted tofit the saws. By having the glass doors and sides of the cabinetprovided with the saw holding devices set further, it is obvious thatwhen viewed from a distance, all four sides of the cabinet will presentsaws with their flat sides displayed. Hence, the cabinet will make anattractive and thorough display of the goods contained therein.

1 claim as my invention An improved saw cabinet comprising a stationarybase, a rotatable base on the stationary base, a central pivotpin'connecting the stationary base and the rotatable base,

casters carried by the rotatable base and resting on the stationarybase, two stationary glass panel sides fixed to the rotatable base, -atop fixed to said sides, two hinged glass paneled sides connected to thestation ary sides, a trough-shaped device at the bottom of each glasspanel, a cross piece spaced apart from the rear of each glass panel nearits upper end, two upright partitions connected with the rotatable baseand the top, and arranged at right angles to each other, the partitionthat is parallel with the hinged doors being provided with slots, and anumber of pairs of brackets, each pair comprising a bracket member oneach side of the slotted partition, ea'ch bracket having slots thereinto receive saws, and bolts passed through the pairs of

